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Updated · Digital Trends · Aug 3
Google Health 5.05 Adds Apple Health Sync and US Smart Health Links
Updated
Updated · Digital Trends · Aug 3

Google Health 5.05 Adds Apple Health Sync and US Smart Health Links

3 articles · Updated · Digital Trends · Aug 3

Summary

  • Version 5.05 lets iPhone users write Google Health data back to Apple Health, including exercise records, steps, vitals and Fitbit Air sleep data.
  • The rollout also adds US-only Smart Health Links, which let users generate a URL or QR code to share medical-record summaries with providers or family members.
  • Google said providers may accept those links during check-in to supplement health histories, with links created from the app’s Health tab under Medical.
  • The smaller update follows several larger recent releases and also fixes stability problems affecting VO2Max calculations, exercise maps and post-workout editing.

Insights

Why did Google suddenly surrender its walled garden to let Apple Health become the ultimate aggregator of Fitbit's wearable data?
As Google forces the retirement of the Fitbit app, will third-party syncing tools survive this massive shift in the Apple ecosystem?
With Google finally bridging the Fitbit gap, is your most intimate medical data truly safe from Big Tech's AI ambitions?